The Red Star Courier
Market21 Jun 2027
Red Star say no — this time
The offer from RC Strasbourg for Leonardo Buta was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market21 Jun 2027
Rudy Thalmensi asks to leave Red Star
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad21 Jun 2027
The step up is real for Samuel Junior Eto’o
At 19 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Transfer targets21 Jun 2027
Door shut on Baptiste Nouchet
Red Star asked and Valenciennes said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market21 Jun 2027
One of our own: Jean-Baptiste Olivier joins the Red Star first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jean-Baptiste Olivier is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market21 Jun 2027
One of our own: Marc Robin joins the Red Star first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marc Robin is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad21 Jun 2027
A row about effort at Red Star
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Islamdine Halifa was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Late improvement for Mehdi Chafii
At 24 the improving is meant to be over, and it is not: 3 points better than a year ago. It happens to the ones who take the boring parts seriously.
Squad21 Jun 2027
A falling-out at Red Star
Rayane Doucouré and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
In brief
- Transfer targets A loan move for Benito Raman is in the works
- Transfer targets A loan move for Gustaf Nilsson is in the works
- The dugout Rudy Thalmensi gets it from the manager